United States Fire Administration
23 February 2024
The United States Fire Administration has announced the death of Firefighter/Paramedic Adam Finseth, 40, of the Burnsville Fire Department on 18 February 2024.
In the early morning hours of February 18, 2024, Firefighter/Paramedic Adam Finseth was shot and killed while on the scene of a call relating to a domestic disturbance. Two police officers were also shot and killed. A third police officer was injured and taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect involved in the incident also shot and killed himself.
Age: 40
Rank: Firefighter/Paramedic
Classification: Career
Incident date: February 18, 2024 1:55 a.m.
Date of death: February 18, 2024
Cause of fatal injury: Struck By
Nature of fatal injury: Violence
Activity type: Scene Safety
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: On-Scene Non-Fire
Fixed property use: Residential
The number of on-duty deaths for 2024 currently is 10.
Go here to read the number of interior line of duty deaths for 2024.
Fatality status is provisional and may change as USFA contacts State Fire Marshals to verify fatality incident information.
For more information about on-duty deaths as recorded by the United States Fire Administration go to “Firefighter Fatalities in the United States.”
Featured photo courtesy of Burnsville Fire Department.
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